[sane-devel] Canoscan 9000F Mark II not working properly for transparency scans on Ubuntu 15.10 and libsane 1.0.26

[Ronald Trask]

On 11/19/2015 10:59 PM, Ronald Trask wrote:
> I recently bought a Canoscan 9000 F Mark II scanner, I am running 
> Ubuntu 15.10. using both xsane transparency/slide setting, and the 
> command line options for scanning a transparency it appears that the 
> cover light is not illuminating. I uninstalled libsane that was 
> bundled with 15.10, and built / installed libsane 1.0.26 but it made 
> no difference. I verified proper function of the transparency scan 
> functionality with a windows lap top, so the issue is not with the 
> hardware. I attempted to attach the results of the a scan of some 
> slides, but the message was rejected, so message me if you think it 
> would be helpful to see the scanner's behavior. The left side of the 
> scan is totally black and gets auto cropped. The right side of the 
> scan is bright white, the actual slides are too dark to see. The xsane 
> frontend detects that cover for the transparency window is off, and 
> will not allow you to scan, I think a lot is working, but I am not 
> sure where to go from here.
>
> One thing to note is that after I removed / purged the libsane that is 
> bundled with Ubuntu 15.10, and did a ldconfig -v | grep libsane it 
> showed only the 1.0.26 version of libsane. However, uninstalling 
> libsane also uninstalled xsane. When I did an apt-get install on 
> xsane, it evidently loaded 1.0.25 because running ldconfig shows both 
> versions installed. I really don't think that has any impact on the 
> issue though. I have not attempted it yet, but I assume I can fix that 
> by uninstalling xsane and libsane again and building the front end.
>
>
> root>:/opt/sane/src/sane-backends# ldconfig -v | grep libsane
> /sbin/ldconfig.real: Path `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' given more than once
> /sbin/ldconfig.real: Path `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' given more than once
> /sbin/ldconfig.real: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.21.so 
> <http://ld-2.21.so/>is the dynamic linker, ignoring
>
> libsane.so.1 -> libsane.so.1.0.26
> libsane.so.1 -> libsane.so.1.0.25
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Following the instructions I found at multiple locations, I did a git 
> clone and built it / installed it.
>
> git clone git://git.debian.org/sane/sane-backends.git
> root>:/opt/sane/src/sane-backends# export BACKENDS="canon pixma"
> root>:/opt/sane/src/sane-backends# ./configure
> root>:/opt/sane/src/sane-backends# make
> root>:/opt/sane/src/sane-backends# make check
> ......
> ============================================================================
> Testsuite summary for sane-backends 1.0.26git
> ============================================================================
> # TOTAL: 5
> # PASS:  5
> # SKIP:  0
> # XFAIL: 0
> # FAIL:  0
> # XPASS: 0
> # ERROR: 0
> ============================================================================
> ..........
> ================
> All tests passed
> ================
>
> root>:/opt/sane/src/sane-backends# make install
> ......
>
> nothing looked unusual except
> NOT overwriting canon.conf in /usr/local/etc/sane.d...
> NOT overwriting pixma.conf in /usr/local/etc/sane.d...
> NOT overwriting saned.conf in /usr/local/etc/sane.d...
> NOT overwriting dll.conf in /usr/local/etc/sane.d...
>
> ........
>
>
>
> root>:/opt/sane/src/sane-backends# ldconfig -v | grep libsane
> /sbin/ldconfig.real: Path `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' given more than once
> /sbin/ldconfig.real: Path `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' given more than once
> /sbin/ldconfig.real: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.21.so 
> <http://ld-2.21.so/>is the dynamic linker, ignoring
>
> libsane.so.1 -> libsane.so.1.0.26
> libsane.so.1 -> libsane.so.1.0.25
>
> Which I assume is the problem may be a problem ...
>
> A lot seems to work.
> scanimage -V
> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.26git; backend version 1.0.26
>
> scanimage --list-devices
> device `pixma:04A9190D' is a CANON Canoscan 9000F Mark II 
> multi-function peripheral
>
>
>
>
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